Emilio Petacci

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Il conte di Matera
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Il conte di Matera

Dec 06, 1957
Rambaldo Tramontana, a count who went into battle backed by the French, returns to Matera to take revenge once he is victorious, but the city is deserted and he begins to commit abuses and violence.
Adventure
Beatrice Cenci
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Beatrice Cenci

Sep 09, 1941
Italian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.
Drama
Fra' Diavolo
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Fra' Diavolo

Jan 23, 1942
The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well between two women, the sister of a royalist and a lady spy.
History
L'allegro fantasma
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L'allegro fantasma

Mar 16, 1941
The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a relationship with a circus rider that produced twin sons.
Comedy
La figlia del diavolo
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La figlia del diavolo

Dec 27, 1952
Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.
Drama
La memoria dell'altro
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La memoria dell'altro

Dec 31, 1913
Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mario, who, although engaged to Cesarina, goes to Lyda's home. Cesarina sees them and manages to persuade Mario to leave Lyda.
Romance
Il cardinale Lambertini
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Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
History
Cento anni d'amore
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Cento anni d'amore

Feb 25, 1954
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
Comedy
Ma l'amor mio non muore
5.8
Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of betrayal. He kills himself while Elsa is forced to leave. Homeless, she begins wandering the streets until, on the Riviera, she starts her performing career under the pseudonym of Diana Cadouleur and becomes a successful actress and singer. One day, in a small church, she meets an elegant young man and she falls in love with him. But during a tour on the Lucarno Lake she runs into Sthar who, rejected by Elena, spreads rumors about Prince Massimiliano’s behavior.
Romance
Giorno di nozze
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Giorno di nozze

Sep 28, 1942
Les Bonotti, famille romaine très modeste, envoient leur fille, Mariella, dans un collège de grand luxe et lui cachent leur pauvreté. Elle ne tarde pas à se fiancer au fils d'un riche financier. Les Bonotti vont alors tout faire pour ne pas dévoiler leurs origines.
Comedy
Par-dessus les moulins
5.5
Au XVIIe siècle, le gouverneur Don Théophile convoite la belle meunière Carmella, femme fidèle de Lucas. Il fait arrêter ce dernier et se rend chez la belle qui le berne. Lucas s'échappe et, se croyant trompé, se rend chez la femme de Théophile...
Romance
Passaporto rosso
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Passaporto rosso

Nov 13, 1935
Based on fact, Passaporto Rosso (Red Passport) details the plight of a group of poor Italian immigrants who are hired as railroad workers in turn-of-the-century South America. In addition to facing poverty, deprivation, and prejudice, the immigrants are also bedeviled by a raging fever epidemic. Finally achieving a measure of prosperity, the Italians are forced to confront tragedy once more when their grown children march off to WWI. Though Isa Miranda is top-billed, she has very little to do in comparison with male lead Filippo Scelso. Passaporto Rosso was released in the U.S. as Destiny Unknown.
Drama
Le Passé qui tue
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Le Passé qui tue

Sep 08, 1945
Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times only to stop for good in September of the same year. It only resumed after the war, in the spring of 1945, but with Mario Costa as the director instead of Lattuada. It was eventually released in September 1945 with only Lattuada billed as the director. Similarly, the film was started with Vittorio Gassman in the role of Brunello, but when the shooting resumed in 1945 he was replaced by Leonardo Cortese
Drama
Anna
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Anna

Dec 20, 1951
Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Drama
Luce nelle tenebre
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Luce nelle tenebre

Jul 12, 1941
Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.
Drama
Je donnerai un million
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Gold est un millionnaire fatigué de l'hypocrisie qui l'entoure. Après avoir sauvé la vie d'un sans-abri, il s'empare de ses vêtements en errant dans la ville à la recherche de quelqu'un qui l'apprécie pour ce qu'il est vraiment, pas pour son argent.
Comedy
In campagna è caduta una stella
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An American starlet inflames two Italian peasants who forget about their respective fiance's. One of them even thinks of marrying her and begins to plan for the engagement banquet. When the girl decides to live the countryside harmony reigns again.
Comedy
Joe il Rosso
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Joe il Rosso

Dec 07, 1936
A precious painting suddenly disappears from the house of a noble Italian family. A relative from America investigates the mystery.
Crime
San Giovanni decollato
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Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
Comedy
Giù il sipario
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Giù il sipario

Apr 20, 1940
A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or failure of the play
Comedy
Luna rossa
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Luna rossa

Nov 23, 1951
A sailor's girlfriend is courted by the same man who also seduced his sister.
Drama
Femmine tre volte
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Femmine tre volte

Oct 25, 1957
The Russian women's basketball team faces to the American team for the championship of the world, in Rome. Upon arriving at the 'Eternal City', the Russian athletes find ways to evade the strict surveillance and meet some Italian guys. After many persecutions, the Russians are confined by their guardians under the promise that, if they win, they can stay and live in Italy. But as they conquer the championship, their guards forget the promises and put them on a plane to Moscow.
Comedy
Les Vampires
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Les Vampires

Apr 05, 1957
Un journaliste enquête sur les nombreux crimes ensanglantant Paris et attribués à un criminel inconnu évidemment surnommé le Vampire. Notre apprenti détective découvre finalement l’horrible vérité, ainsi que la véritable nature de la comtesse, laquelle n’est autre que sa tante, maintenue artificiellement jeune et belle par le sang des demoiselles sacrifiées.
Horror
Le Chevalier du château maudit
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Le perfide Ugo de Collefeltro a fait jeter en prison son oncle le duc Olivero et pris sa place sur le trône de Valgrado. Devant l’oppression subie, les gens du pays déplorent la disparition de leur ancien maître. Quand Isabelle, la fille du duc, revient au château, elle est demandée en mariage par son cousin Ugo. Elle fait alors connaissance avec le mystérieux Chevalier Noir, qui défend les paysans contre le tyran.
Adventure
Totò e i re di Roma
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Totò e i re di Roma

Oct 15, 1952
Ercole Pappalardo, marié, cinq fils, cherche par tous les moyens à gravir les échelons de la société dans laquelle il travaille, mais rien ne se passe comme prévu.
Comedy
Felicita Colombo
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Felicita Colombo

Jan 01, 1937
In the center of Milan, Felicita Colombo successfully manages a delicatessen that has among its customers the best bourgeoisie of the city.
Comedy